Third Free Practice Results 2022 Japanese F1 Grand Prix
Event: Japanese Grand Prix
Track: Suzuka Circuit
Charles Leclerc driving the Ferrari F1-75 during FP3 for the 2022 Japanese F1 Grand Prix
Weather: dry 20.6°C
Tarmac: dry 28.7°C
Humidity : 54%
Wind : 4.3 m/s NW
Pressure: 1014 bar
At the start of this third practice session for the 2022 Japanese F1 Grand Prix, all drivers went out ride away to get as much running and data in the dry. Because of the rain of yesterday, the track was quite green.
It was the first time on a dry Suzuka for Yuki Tsunoda, NIcholas Latifi, Guanyu Zhou and Mick Schumacher.
Max Verstappen was quickest from his first lap on and set the banker lap to 1:32.050 min on a set of soft tyres. He was 1.2 sec. quicker than his teammate Sergio Pérez in the same car on the tyres compound. The quickest driver of a rival F1 team was Lando Norris on a set of soft tyres, but he was even 2.2 sec. behind on P3. Only both McLaren and Aston Martin drivers had used the soft compound tyres up til then.
Halfway the session both Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell ran there first laps on the softs. Hamilton was 4th fastest while Russell ended up on P2, 1 sec. behind Verstappen. Hamilton was 16 km/h slower than Verstappen at the speed trap.
Twenty minutes before the end both Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz put on the soft compound tyres and went one second faster than Verstappen's first timed lap.
In the last part of this final free practice all drivers got on to their qualifying simulation. Fernando Alonso showed he knows his way around Suzuka beating Pérez for P4. It's his 15th GP at the legendary Japanese circuit.
During last GP in 2019 the FP3 was cancelled due to a typhoon.
FP3 Times Table 2022 Japanese GP
| P | No | Driver | Team | Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30,671 | 21 | ????S | |
| 2 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:30,965 | +0,294s | 27 | ????S |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30,980 | +0,309s | 26 | ????S |
| 4 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:31,320 | +0,649s | 20 | ????S |
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:31,514 | +0,843s | 24 | ????S |
| 6 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:31,530 | +0,859s | 28 | ????S |
| 7 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31,589 | +0,918s | 25 | ????S |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:31,747 | +1,076s | 26 | ????S |
| 9 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:31,750 | +1,079s | 21 | ????S |
| 10 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31,838 | +1,167s | 24 | ????S |
| 11 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:31,860 | +1,189s | 27 | ????S |
| 12 | 23 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:31,946 | +1,275s | 26 | ????S |
| 13 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:31,971 | +1,300s | 23 | ????S |
| 14 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:32,222 | +1,551s | 24 | ????S |
| 15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:32,290 | +1,619s | 22 | ????S |
| 16 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:32,366 | +1,695s | 23 | ????S |
| 17 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:32,377 | +1,706s | 26 | ????S |
| 18 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 1:32,385 | +1,714s | 23 | ????S |
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:32,868 | +2,197s | 25 | ????S |
| 20 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:32,881 | +2,210s | 24 | ????S |
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